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Historical Event on 8/30/1645
Indians and Dutch sign the peace treaty.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/10/1922 | Museum of Prince of Wales, situated at Mumbai, opened for public. |
| 8/18/1958 | Dr.Bhagwandas, famous Congress leader and theosophist, died. |
| 8/18/1958 | Don Francis-Di-Almeda of Portugal was succeeded as the Viceroy of Protuguese India by Affonso de Albuquerque, who is regarded as the real founder at Portuguese power in India. |
| 2/19/2000 | 18 people die following a fire on the Ferozepur-bound 2137-down Punjab Mail between Dushkeda and Savada stations near Bhusaval, about 433 km from Mumbai. |
| 4/15/1901 | Balakrishna Janardan Mohoni, cricket Test Umpire for 11 Tests from 1948-57, was born in Maharashtra. |
| 2/1/2000 | The Centre decides to place almost all items under the automatic approval route for foreign direct investment and NRI and OCB investments. |
| 5/20/1915 | Gandhiji founded Satyagraha Ashram (later known as Sabarmati Ashram after the name of the river) at Ahmedabad. |
| 1/7/1831 | Heinrich Von Stephan, famous general of postal union and freedom fighter, was born at Pomerania. |
| 4/9/1954 | India reports only 43\% of population speaks 15 recognized languages, noting 720 dialects, 23 tribal tongues. |
| 11/25/1998 | Prof. K. S. Hegde (75), former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University and educationist, dies in New Delhi. He was selected by the Government of India for overseas scholarship for post graduate studies and higher technical training abroad during the pre-independence era. |
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